Epidemiological Approaches to Heart Disease: The Framingham Study

Thomas R. Dawber; Gilcin F. Meadors; Felix E. Moore

doi:10.2105/ajph.41.3.279

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Epidemiological Approaches to Heart Disease: The Framingham Study Thomas R. Dawber, Gilcin F. Meadors, and Felix E. Moore, Jr. CopyRight*Presented at a Joint Session of the Epidemiology, Health Officers, Medical Care, and Statistics Sections of the American Public Health Association, at the Seventy-eighth Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Mo., November 3, 1950. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.41.3.279 Published Online: August 29, 2011

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EpidemiologyFramingham Heart StudyFramingham Risk ScoreGerontologyPublic healthMedicineFamily medicineDiseaseInternal medicinePathology

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Year: 1951
Type: article
Volume: 41
Issue: 3
Pages: 279-286
Citations: 2124
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                                    Thomas R. Dawber, 
                                
                                    Gilcin F. Meadors, 
                                
                                    Felix E. Moore
                                
                            (1951). 
                            Epidemiological Approaches to Heart Disease: The Framingham Study. 
                            American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
                            , 41
                            (3)
                            , 279-286.
                            https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.41.3.279

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DOI: 10.2105/ajph.41.3.279